Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto is backing the Labor department’s recommendation to President Duterte to form an anti-illegal recruitment task force, “if such would improve the conviction rate on illegal recruitment cases, which in 2016 was a dismal 5.3 percent.” Of the

On JICA report that PHL loses P3.5B daily due to Metro Manila traffic Statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto There is no magic bullet that will solve Mega Manila’s Carmageddon. It is a cocktail of solutions: from big government projects to small acts of courtesy

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today hailed the passage by both houses of Congress of a “reinforced” anti-red tape bill designed to spare businesses from spending billions of pesos and millions of man-hours yearly to comply with government licensing procedures. Although

Explanation of Vote: Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018 by Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph G. Recto I am voting in the affirmative, Mr. President, with the manifestation that to further improve the bill, three provisions should be

For a fraction of the P18 billion price tag of two Navy frigates, the country can buy locally-made Pasig River ferry boats, floating hospitals, environmental patrol boats, and other ships needed by a disaster-prone archipelago where half of the towns lie along the coast. The call

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has advised government to look at returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in filling tens of thousands of vacant jobs in the bureaucracy and in government-funded “build, build, build” projects. From schools to the police to

As it grapples with ways to satisfy the “unli-rice needs” of 106.5 million Filipinos, the government should see to it that the solution should not further bloat the P172 billion liabilities of the National Food Authority, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. “The

Creating The Baguio City, La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba Development Authority (BLISTTDA), Defining Its Powers And Functions, And Providing Funds Therefor Download PDF

Resolution Directing The Senate Committee On Government Corporations And Public Enterprises To Conduct An Inquiry, In Aid Of Legislation, On The Proposed Increase In The Contribution Rate Of Social Security System (SSS) Members, Recommending That Such Increase Be Held In Abeyance

About 17 percent of palay harvest is lost to absent or poor post-harvest facilities and practices yearly, resulting in a wastage of about two and a half million metric tons of rice—enough to meet the annual rice needs of Metro Manila, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto